Archive for October, 2009store

Is Medellin ready to be an international venue?

By Robin Finley
The question is whether Medellin is blowin’ up or just warmin’ to the “world tour” circut?
Big names, huge names, internationally known names, are coming to Medellin. This winter we have Skid Row, Tiesto, Carl Cox, Squirrel Nut Zippers, and there is a wily rumor running around Medellin hip-hop blogs that Snoop Dogg is [...]

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The Mother Of All Road Trips

His English is ROUGH, but his spirit is massive, ebullient, and contagiously positive.
I met Filippo Dattola here in Medellin about 8 months ago when he was half way through his year-long Alaska to Argentina (top-to-bottom) tour. From Italy he took the risk that most only daydream about; he sold everything, quit his job, and set [...]

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ChocQuibTown – The Interview

ChocQuibTown by Jeff Guerra.  (Nov/Dec issue of The Arepa!)

These days it is far too easy for a band to earn the distinction of being socially conscious; anyone who blabs “Stop the violence” into a microphone is seemingly anointed the next U2 or Bob Marley. Writing meaningful lyrics is one thing, but [...]

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Skid Row comes to Medellin (Sunday Nov. 22)

The big question is whether this is with or without Sebastian Bach. I am 99% sure it is without.

Here is a link to the face book page with info on where and how much:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=126685488179#/event.php?eid=126685488179&ref=mf
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12 Medellin Bands You Need To Know (UPDATED 2010)

12. Zdey (www.myspace.com/zdey)

Music goes to some strange places, from Klaus Nomi’s opera pop to John Zorn’s death metal jazz, and from Mike Patton’s destruction of voice, to Lydia Lunch’s dead-beat potery meets no-wave, music can get just plain weird. ..oh, and who could forget David Hasselhoff’s b-rate corporate rock, that’s… oh wait, that’s not strange, [...]

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